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Man shoots own lawn mower may get prison. Joe Horn shot MAN in back, goes free?


Who hasn't been tempted to shoot a balky mower? Keith Waldenowsky of Milwaukee had a bit - okay more than a bit to drink before finding that the mower wouldn't start Wednesday morning and shooting it. He told police quote, "I can do that, it's my lawn mower and my yard so I can shoot it if I want." It turns out that euthanasia of one's lawn mower is not just between the owner and the machine. Charged with felony possession of a short-barreled shotgun or rifle and misdemeanor disorderly conduct while armed may lead to an $11,000 fine and six years and three months in prison if convicted. Man shoots own lawn mower may get prison. Joe Horn shot MAN in back, goes free?

It looks as though if you live in Texas like Joe Horn, you can shoot people in the back and walk - if they are a minority, and not only avoid prison but be lauded by some racist residents. In Milwaukee, you may well do time for shooting an inanimate object. Just proves we are ruled by robot overlords. Houston Chronicle Editorial on Texas Vigilante Joe Horn Digg | Reddit | Stumble | Buzz it! | Email Article | Kick! Home



Supreme Court 2nd Amendment says YES to lots more Guns in DC


united states gun mapAs expected it was a 5 to 4 ruling from the Right to get more guns to more people everywhere AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! As everyone knows, the problem here in America is we just don't have enough guns to go around.

On the surface it would seem the conservative leaning Supreme Court would side with Washington DC (as a state) to do as they please, which is what being a conservative is most about; states rights today, states rights tomorrow and states rights forever! (that has a familiar ring I just can't seem to place). But much like the Supreme Court conservatives who in 2000 gave us 8 years of a creepy stupid asshole for president, this too is a very political decision, an example of the conservative court going activist.

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This is far reaching, it means cities and states no longer have the constitutional right to control handguns and also states that gun ownership is now an individual right. This means all present gun controls will be contested by the NRA, the Militias, the racist and anti-immigration groups and of course the Bloods and the Cripps.  

Taking this decision to the international level, this court would have to decide that it is only fair to allow North Korea and Iran to join the nuclear weapon club. Doen't everyone have the right to defend themselves in an equal manner?  It's also great to know that places such as Canada, England, Europe, Austrailia and Japan are now no longer considered free nations. 

So stock up, the small arms race has begun!

Good deals can be had in this economic downturn. Prices are down across the board. The best weapon for the toddler through 12 year old group is the rather short barreled semi automatic .22 long (cartidge) rifle that is available at Walmart for under $100. May soon be available also at gas stations and McDonalds.

Moving up the price scale the easily hidden and handy machine pistols like the Mach 10 and UZI are good for taking along on walks or rides on the bus or in the car. Also good for bars.

The 9 mm automatic pistols are pricey but most popular. Always a good weapon to flash around to show friends and enemies alike you are doing well.

But of course the weapon of choice is the AK47 also known as the Kalashnikov. If you are a male who wants both respect and firepower this is the weapon of choice for every terrorist and crime lord in the world. These weapons usually come with a free turban or a pair of wraparound mirrored sunglasses. Visit Our NRA Gun Page

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Supreme Court Says NO to Execution of Child Rapists, Thank Anthony Kennedy



Justice Anthony Kennedy once again stopped the Right-wing from going off the fascist deep end. In this case Kennedy stopped the creation of the world's largest and busiest execution chamber, the United States.

The issue of course was not child rapists but whether the constitution allows execution of ANY non capital offense other than homicide (spies and traitors not with standing). Kennedy's decision reads well to the intellectual reality rather than the emotional violence we feel in regards to children being raped.

The four dissenters need not be named, if you follow these things you know who they are. Whenever it comes to killing more people or peeking in your windows it's always the more Christian Justices with blood on their chins tape recorders in their pants. Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Roberts. Here is what the Four Horseman of The Violently Christian wanted to accomplish:

1. Open up the door to executions to states for any reason.

2. Re sentence thousands of present child rapists moving many to various death rows.

3. Give child rapists a great deal more incentive to kill their victims.

4. Increase executions so the United States beats out even Iran and China! Whoop de Do! Always striving to be first is what America is about.

5. And of course increasing executions is what Jesus Would Do.



Update:

Have to add Senator Barack Obama to the many other persons and groups who are Christ Bent upon expanding executions in America: Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, John Roberts, The Aryan Nations, Dr James Dobson, The Stormfront, The Baptist Southern Convention, Bill Bennett, The Ku Klux Klan, the state of Texas, Rush Limbaugh, the National Association for the Advancement of White People, George W. Bush, the Neocons, Sean Hannity, the National Alliance, Michael Savage and of course Dick Cheney who wants to apply the death penalty personally to whoever comes within range.

Addition:

I forgot to add to the list the vast majority of American voters who want to expand executions in the United States. After all it was only yesterday that the Pew Research Center told us how singularly religious and Christian we all are. Expanding executions only proves the point. Which means George Carlin was right, "religion is bullshit!."

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Quintero Non Execution May Cause Riots in Texas


The day after a jury sentenced cop killer Juan Quintero to Life without Parole, the fine Christian people here in Dumbutt are angry, bloodlust angry.

One of the jurors, Cindy Bradford, who voted for execution (obviously a Christian) went to the press to say that the 10 to 2 decision to not execute this Hispanic illegal immigrant was because everyone was tired and wanted to go home. Gary Blankenship president of the Houston Police Officers Union said he would lobby the state legislature to rewrite sentencing laws to add Life Without Parole and Isolation. Studies find that most inmates go insane after 6 months of isolation. Which of course is the point of the new law.

Talk shows and letters to the editor seem to have all been shouted or penned in large red ALL CAP fonts. This is the stuff of revolution here in Texas...

The Great Wall of Texas is proceeding, as are gun sales and carry permits, executions, giving children back to child sexual abusers and what seems an endless stream of patriotic funerals of young men coming home from the other side of the world.

All of course pointing to Texas being a Christian State in Christian nation not one of whom as a clue in Hell as to what Christianity means.

Here is an example of a Christian. Two robbers entered a convenience store in Houston, one pointed a gun into the clerks face while the other held a knife to his chest, took the money and ran. Ash Hussein the 22 year old clerk grabbed a gun and followed them outside, he shot at the car 4 times to stop them but killed one. "This is a day I'll never forget, I wish it hadn't happened, but it did. Someone died over this, that just makes me feel uneasy." Sayed "Ash" Hussein said who by name and remorse is far more Christian than anyone else in Texas. Store clerk fatally shoots robbery suspect in N. Houston

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US Soldier Richard Torres in Mexican Jail for Weapon Violations


In Fort Hood, Texas, Richard Torres (back from a tour in Iraq) put his AR-15 assault rifle, his .45 automatic pistol and 171 rounds of ammo into his car to drive to California to either see or shoot his mother on Mother's Day. Or perhaps just shoot some people on the way...

"WARNING ILLEGAL TO CARRY FIREARMS/AMMUNITION INTO MEXICO. PENALTY — PRISON."

Torres got lost in El Paso and found himself crossing the Rio Grande into Mexico where he was immediately arrested for weapon trafficking. Presently it is hard for the Mexican government to accept it is just a mistake with all the assassinations of politicians and police going on at present with just these kinds of weapons. And of course the good money in selling them in Mexico.

Richard is in a lot of trouble because he enjoyed carrying an assault rifle around with him. Or a gun of any kind for that matter. If he had found some hobby other than mindless gonad expanding shooting the crap out of stuff, he would be in Sunny California with his Mom having a swell time.

Three last things I would like to say to any BJ Impeachment conservatives who want to defend this man....

RULE OF LAW! RULE OF LAW! RULE OF LAW!

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Fort Worth Texas Wife gets 5 years for Husband's Crime


In Fort Worth, Texas [you know this just has to be a Texas story] Darrell Robertson found his wife in a pickup truck [you know it had to be a pickup truck] in the arms of another man. His wife Tracy Robertson noticing that her husband was witnessing her moment of passion screamed "rape!". Darrell got his gun and that was the end of Mr. LaSalle.

Or course a Texas jury [like any Texas jury] refused to indict Robertson because he had a Shoot Whoever You Want Card. This is the invisibile but very real card that states Texans can shoot whoever they please if they step onto their property, The Texas Castle Law. With the Joe Horn case pending without a long overdue indictment, it would seem that the Castle Law has been extended to our neighbor's property. The card also allows Texans to shoot people hugging their wives, as in this case in which the state decided to indict his wife for her dishonest shout. She was sentenced today to 5 years and can get out on probation in 2 years.

To make this Texas story even sweeter is this quote by husband Darrell Robertson to the press.

"When I heard my wife sream and saw LaSalle trying to drive off from the scene, I had no choice but to do what I did, If I had to do it over, I'd do it again."

So there you have it. Here in Texas we have no choice but to shoot men hugging our wifes. Keep that in mind all you Yankees. Fort Worth Texas Wife gets 5 years for Husband's Crime

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San Diego University Drug Bust nabs 75 students


There were 96 arrests, 75 of which were students and fraternity members at San Diego State University. Authorities found two kilograms of cocaine along with 350 Ecstasy pills, marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms, hash oil, methamphetamine, illicit prescription drugs, several guns and at least $60,000 in cash.

All students on campus have been evicted and those off campus have been suspended. The crack down was because of two cocaine deaths at the college over the past year.

First let's just consider extending the crack down at this one school to what police do in African American neighborhoods. This is just one on campus cabal, there are likely dozens more. With each supplying many hundreds of students who support their use by selling down the line, trafficking, felony, hard time.

Next let's extrapolate that to all 5000 colleges in America. Are you with me here? Because as I write I am not clear exactly where this is going.

For the police it sure would be a cakewalk going from fraternity house, to sorority house, to dorm to off campus housing all in a small area filled with mostly unarmed street-dumb kids. And for the police, searching college girls is like living a Girls Gone Wild video.

Think of what a boon it would be to trial lawyers! Expensive trial lawyers all the parents would hire. But even with that and our draconian drug laws we would have 100,000s of white college students going to school at Attica, Folsom and what have you, joining the 2 million predominantly black and Hispanics in our prison system now. What would that do? Would it just be fodder for the old hats to have new people to beat and rape? Or would this leveling out and proximity to the more educated class create more desire and motivation upon those already there to grab hold of the American Dream. I also wonder if like dorms these days, would prisons go coed?

This could be something that needs doing! It's easy pickings for the police with far less danger than going down to the 4th ward, it would generate revenues with perhaps millions of new arrests and fines, create more middle class jobs for those not in jail, and reduce the recidivism rate as today's prisoners then reach for that American Dream. Let's get started! First off, Harvard and Yale. Best practice the process at a few smaller private colleges before tackling UCLA where the logistics would require many thousands of buses and heaven only knows how many new orange jumpsuits. San Diego State University Bust

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Two 93 Year Olds Caught in Manatee County, Florida Prostitution Sting - Photos


"I haven't had that in years, Ninety-three is kind of old." Frank Milio explained that he was only flirting.

Frank MilioManatee County Prosecuters have gone ahead with indicting 93 year old Frank Milio for soliciting sex from a police officer pretending to be a prostitute. After the buxom woman gave Milos the eye, which he had not experienced in close to 50 years, he began flirting and offered her $20. About $3980 less than the going rate in New York, a sweat deal for a wrinkly old man with the prospect of sex with a beautiful young woman. Brings to mind the old adage that if something seems too good to be true it is.

If Milio for some reason will not, or cannot offset his Social Security check to pay the few hundred dollar fine, he could get 6 months in the pokey which could very well be a life sentence for trying to get laid with a $20 bill.

"All I was going to do was talk, it wasn't for sex. I am 93, you know." Carlos Underhill

Carlos UnderhillJohn number two, Carlos Underhill will not be charged even though he had a prior fine of $150 for the same thing in 1990 when he was just a kid of 75. The rate went up for Carlos to a hefty $30, so he had to put his high speed tennis balls on the front of his walker and dash back to the nursing home to get his portable nebulizer and that extra $10 at the bottom of his hard candy bowl. Prosecutors have let Carlos off because they left the sting and do not know if he ever came back with the money. But they would like to prosecute if they could.

This is that same crazyass Rule of Law crap that in 1998 put a BJ on the front page of every newspaper, magazine and TV news program in the world for a year. The UBA, United Buffoons of America...

On the bright side of this story, I would guess both Frank and Carlos are in high demand with the ladies back at nursing home.

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The Joe Horn, John White Castle Law Disconnect


Far from the Good Ole Boy town of Pasadena, Texas, John H. White (a 54 year old Black man) was found guilty this week of second-degree manslaughter and is now facing 5 to 15 years in prison for killing Daniel Cicciaro, 17, in an upscale neighborhood of Suffolk County, New York.

At about 11pm on Aug. 9, 2006 Mr. White was woken by his son Aaron, 19 who told him “some kids are coming here to kill me.” White went to his garage and got a handgun to confront a gang of White kids on his front lawn who he perceived as a lynch mob. As they threatened the Whites' with filthy racial epitaphs, the father confronted them with the hand gun outside his front door telling them to leave. Daniel Cicciaro charged Mr. White grabbing for the gun which discharged and killed him. White claims it went off accidentally and called 911.

During the trial Blacks sat on one side with members from the Nation of Islam while whites sat on the other side with "burly men with shaved heads and biker clothing" [that is New York Times PC language for "racists".]

The original confrontation was racist, the courtroom was racially divided, the public outcry was racial but no matter to Gregg Sarra (Daniel’s very white godfather) who had the very white balls to say:

“This situation was never about race, and we hope this verdict finally dispels the notion that any racism was involved, the defense wanted to play the race card, and there was nothing there and the jury saw through that.”

Everything about this is racial as it is down here in Pasadena, Texas. Late at night, Mr. White (a black man) confronted a gang of angry drunk men advancing upon him at his front door and ended up shooting one of them in the face, perhaps accidentally, who made contact with him.

Here in Pasadena Joe Horn (a white man) on a sunny afternoon shot two unarmed black men in the back (no accident) who posed no threat to him and were running away across his property. One man is going to jail and the other is sure to walk free. And you know, anyone who can say that these cases are not about race are themselves racists. ADAF.

The John White Case at the NYT

More on the Joe Horn Case

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Houston DA receives Joe Horn Death Threat - Castle Law


"Don't worry about my name, What you better do, you better indict Joe Horn. If you don't, somebody is going to kill him, and if he goes to prison, he's going to be killed on the inside. They are waiting on him in prison, and we're waiting on him on the outside." Death threat to Joe Horn received by the Harris County District Attorney's Public Integrity Division.


So what has Joe Horn gained from our racist Texas Libertarian NRA gunoonery which caused him to shoot and kill a couple unarmed black men in the back?
  • Undue stress caused him to leave his home to whereabouts unknown.
  • He has turned his quiet neighborhood into a circus of angry Bikers, racists, Black activists and the media attention.
  • He will probably never be able to return to his home.
  • He has gained hero status with the dregs of American humanity.
  • His retirement money is now going to lawyers rather than ammo.
  • He will probably be indicted for homicide of one sort or another.
  • His photo is all over the world depicting a fat little old racist back shooter.
  • His entire life has gone to Hell in a Hand basket.
  • And now another dreg of humanity threatens to keep the circle of vengeance going.

Gosh, being a gunloon sure makes life better for everyone doanyaknow.

Dec 8 Update - Texas Hero Joe Horn Shoots 2 Unarmed Black Men in the Back

In the past few weeks most everyday we see gunloons all over the place shooting and killing and being killed or shooting themselves. And no one can bring up the gun issue because of the ominous dark power of the NRA in an election year. The answer is obvious. Those Chinese SKS assault rifles are dirt cheap! About a smuch as a full tank of gas. Buy three! One for the car, one for the yard and one for the kid's room. But I must say that having young people in the house here and watching how the react to things, there should be a carry age limit of at least 6 years old. Happy shooting!

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Kansas City Man Charged With Toad Smoking - Next up Poop Snorting


Law enforcement in Kansas City is discovering what many have known through the ages, the simple fact that many people will go to great and often dangerous lengths to get high, while some utilize drugs to access another dimension , for example, Timothy Leary and his LSD experiments. Still others like Shaman still use various hallucinogenic plants in religious and healing rituals. It’s safe to say drugs in one form or another are here to stay, whether authorized by the government or not.

When police investigated a northern Kansas City home to investigate a suspected meth lab, they arrested a 21 year old, charging him with three counts of possession of a controlled substance and one of possessing drug paraphernalia – in this instance, the the toad. To be accurate, you need a Sonoran Desert toad often found near the Colorado River. You cannot lick any ol’ toad!

Clay County Prosecutor Daniel White said possessing the toad is not illegal, but using it to get high from the venom is. Licking the venom used to be the more common method of obtaining the venom, it is being replaced by smoking it. Either method requires a startled or scared toad. There are sites which show videos online describing how to extract the venom and dry it for smoking, so do not, under any circumstances….light up an unsuspecting toad as if it were a large pop eyed cigar!The Toad Bush AP 12/3/07

As we cruise into yet another year of the failed drug war, let us examine what people who enjoy getting high, are driven to when their drug of choice isn’t available. Let me qualify that statement, what SOME people are driven to instead of their drug of choice. For the views of professional lawmen and women who worked in the War on Drugs, and their feelings about it now, please see LEAP and find out why they know it is a waste of money and man-power! Digg | Reddit | Stumble | Buzz it! | Email Article | Kick! Home



Pasadena Texas Joe Horn - NEW raw video of Demonstration


Claims that this is not about race is the biggest pile I've seen since I took Moby Dick for a Walkie.


Watching the two sides in this one can't help put notice the two genetic factors at play. One could be referred to as the "negroid gene" which gives people a dark skin color. On the other side there is the "scumbag gene" which makes people ugly in not only body and spirit - but as one can see - in serious need of dentistry and dieting as well.

If you have never had the pleasure of experiencing the visual effects of a Libertarian Party convention or a Ron Paul rally as I have, what you see on that street in that video is pretty what they look like.

The law at play here is fairly new. It is referred to as the "Castle Law". It extends Texas Gungoonery beyond one's property line so that if unarmed Black or Brown people who you decide may be up to no good come too close, you can literally blow their heads off with a 12 gauge shotgun at the fair - Joe Horn - range of 15 feet. You ever shot anything with a 12 gauge at 15 feet? Talk about fun!

Local police, courts and grand juries don't give a hoot in Hell if you act as police, judge, jury and executioner. It saves everyone tax money which is the be-all and end-all of American life. And besides, it's quite a bit faster and more enjoyable than the old process of lynching.

So if you don't like Blacks or Hispanics come on down to Texas! Rent a house or buy a little home and if you can lure some people less white than you on or near your property, you can not only kill them but enjoy a subsequent biker parade!

Pasadena protest over slain burglars heats up - Houston Chronicle

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Local Pasadena, Texas Hero Joe Horn Blows away 2 Unarmed Hispanics

Pasadena Shotgun Cowboy Joe Horn - Updated Photos and Video

Dec 8 Update - Texas Hero Joe Horn Shoots 2 Unarmed Black Men in the Back

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Unarmed Hispanic Shot by Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos Indicted


A synopsis of the original story here

The unarmed Mexican that US Border agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos shot in the back last year has been finally indicted for marijuana smuggling. This has brought back the screeching from Republicans to release these American heroes from their 10 year prison sentences. The 10 year sentences did not come from shooting unarmed Mexicans in the back, it came from a Republican driven mandatory sentencing law regarding their cover up of a crime when weapons are involved. Houston Chronicle acticle on Compean and Ramos

Down here in Dumbass, Texas shooting unarmed Mexicans is as popular as it was 150 years ago when we had a bounty on them. Shooting unarmed people is the stuff of heroes not only down here but throughout the Republcian Party. It's the nature of the Beast. Local talk radio is discussing (if the two heroes are released) to include them in the upcoming parade plans to celebrate Joe Horn who just a few days ago shot two unamrmed Hispanics with a shotgun from 15 feet. The Joe Horn Story here

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Why Did Genarlow Wilson Choose Prison Over Freedom?


I’m happy to say that Genarlow Wilson is a free man today, 21 years old with a bright future ahead. Many may have wondered why Genarlow Wilson didn’t take a plea deal like his teen-aged buddies elected to do. All were offered a plea deal which would have reduced their sentences, possibly to time served, and eventually remove the conviction and sex offender status from their records. Genarlow, football hero, honor student, and homecoming king with a bright future, chose the ten year sentence handed down to him while the rest went free.

In case you’re unaware of his crime, in his own words he knows that he did some “idiotic” things, as many teenagers do. Wilson then 17, had consensual sex with his then 15 year old girlfriend, then a felony in GA. After turning down the deal, he chose to serve the full 10 year sentence .While in prison, the crime was reduced to a misdemeanor, but would not be retroactive for him. At the time the Supreme Court voted 4-3 to allow him the two years time served, even the court was calling it “cruel and unusual punishment.” Perhaps the story becoming front page news played some small part in the Court’s decision as well?

Why did he choose prison? In his own words, “I wouldn’t be able to stay with my mother because I have a little sister. You know when you’re a sex offender you can’t even be around kids. Basically, I can’t even have kids myself, so what is the point of life?” He said he feels no “negative energy” toward District Attorney.David McDade who fought doggedly against efforts to have Wilson’s sentence reduced, fighting for the full ten years. Nor does he feel animosity toward the prosecutors, saying they were just doing their jobs. While he never wants to see the inside of a prison again, he is amazingly positive. His focus is on the future and college.

The experience helped him select a major, Sociology “because I feel I’ve been living my major.”

“The new Genarlow Wilson will be more conservative, more alert and more appreciative of the blessings bestowed upon him”, he said. I see a bright future for this young man, and mercifully this miscarriage of justice will be nothing more than a speed bump in his distant past, and maybe a lesson to our law makers and those who enforce those laws. Genarlow Wilson CNN story Digg | Reddit | Stumble | Buzz it! | Email Article | Kick! Home



Republican Lou Dobbs - CNN's Ethnic Cleansing Guru


It is way past time for CNN to sell Lou Dobbs to Fox News where he belongs. I wonder if there is even one Hispanic left in America who has not deleted CNN from the favorites button on their remote. His daily hour 7 days a week may be the highest rated show CNN enjoys besides Larry King, but his all consuming campaign of ethnic cleansing - though very popular with every bigot, racist and racist group in America - is losing CNN credibility as it tries to out fox, FOX.

Dobbs uses the the standard canard of RULE OF LAW to rationalize what is now America's form of ethnic cleansing. The same Rule of Law that gave us slavery and Jim Crow for centuries. The same Rule of Law which Republicans used to put us through the most embarrassing year in American history with that impeachment. The same Rule of Law which has filled our prisons to bursting with mandatory sentencing, three strikes your out and the failed War on Drugs. Now it is Lou Dobbs using the same Rule of Law to make those on the very bottom of our economic ladder as miserable as he possibly can.

Like the Gestapo before it, ICE, a federal police force specifically formed to crash into homes and workplaces to grab people of one specific ethnicity. To drag them out into vans and put into concentration camps - whole families, men, women and children - charge them with felony-paperwork, and ship out on trains and buses. Can't anyone see the parallel? What is the matter with everyone? Conservative GOD Ronald Reagen's answer to this problem in 1986 was to use his bully pulpit to push, pass and sign a bill giving them ALL Green Cards! We are now ten miles to the right of Ronald Reagan on this issue?

Tom Trancedo will soon drop out of the Republican Presidential race which will leave Lou Dobbs and CNN as America's leading voice in rounding up 12 million men women and children to be placed in prisons for unspecified periods of time, charged with felonies for lack of paperwork and deported. Is there one sane Jew in America who doesn't get this?

And sadly this will be the defining issue of the coming election after the conventions. And even more sadly, it is the only winning issue the Republicans have.

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Texas Judge Sharon Keller Kills Michael Richard


Judge Sharon Keller of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals closed the courts' office promptly at 5pm, just hours before the September 25th scheduled execution of Michael Richard. Keller knew damn well that the lawyers for Richard would be submitting a stay of execution appeal that all eight judges on the court would have been forced to accept in lieu of the previous day's Supreme Court decision to review the Kentucky lethal injection case. The lawyers for Richard were late with the appeal because the net was down. All other states employing lethal injection stopped executions earlier that day. But not here in Dumbass, Texas where the joy of execution is only surpassed by playing with guns. Capital Punishment page

Locking justice's door Texas Court of Criminal Appeals chief justice's unethical, outrageous blocking of a death row appeal merits the most severe legal sanctions. The events of Sept. 25 have put a stain on Texas justice that can only be cleansed by the removal of Chief Justice Sharon Keller from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. On that day, Judge Keller let her personal bias in favor of the death penalty trample the right of now-executed prisoner Michael Richard to access the courts and have due process. In doing so, she abdicated her role as the state's chief criminal justice to become its chief executioner. Houston Chronicle Editorial

In Texas, Judges and Prosecutors are elected. Here in Harris County (Houston and surrounding area) about 99% of judges are Republicans. Every election cycle they compete with one another in television ads that hit on only one issue. Who will execute the most people for less reason faster than the next Judge. Of course they stick the words "Family Values", "Republican" and "Conservative" between all their joyful bloodlust.

The Texas execution chamber is in Huntsville (Waller County) which is just a few miles North of Harris county (Houston). 37% of the executions in the United States are committed in Texas, and 25% of those are sentenced to death from Harris County. Its a SHORT MILE.

Thus far the Texas Bar and 130 lawyers (growing everyday) have signed petitions to get our newly Christened Judge Roy Bean off the bench. This is the only option to remove her as the PR she has gained by going so out of her way to execute someone can only get her more votes in Harris County than she got last time.

We have executions here about once a week, and not long ago three in one week, The Houston Chronicle pleases the prevailing Texas killer instinct by doing an article on each. They give the three names of the person executed, the pictures of the victim followed by many paragraphs detailing the horror of the crime and most always a quip from the victim's Christian family expressing how much they enjoyed watching the man die. But with this editorial attacking Judge Keller, the Chronicle crossed the line. To compensate the paper has been printing many letters to the editor expressing only the profound respect and love Harris Country residents have for Judge Keller. Here is just one of many:

No reason to stop executions

Here is another far-left editorial from the Chronicle about how badly a murderer — Michael Richard — had his rights violated by an evil judge (Sharon Keller), even though Richard was fairly tried, convicted and sentenced to death for this heinous crime (see the Oct. 16 editorial "Locking justice's door"). He was given appeal after appeal for years.

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to look at the lethal drugs used for carrying out the death penalty is no reason to stop the execution of murderers who have caused never-ending pain to the families of those they have slaughtered.

ERIC JOHNSON,
Houston

This is much like the infamous quote from Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

"Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.” Antonin “Benito” Scalia expressing the most disgusting thing ever uttered by a Supreme Court Justice
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Carol Ann Gotbaum - First "Airport Rage" Death


We are witness to a new American lexicon, Airport Rage. Carol Ann Gotbaum somehow strangled herself after being shackled in a Phoenix Airport prison cell. After some drinking, then being refused boarding for being too late at the gate and after she was refused boarding on the next flight because of a rule that she could not board after a kindly person gave up his seat for her, she got angry, loud and when grabbed fought off security guards. I cannot recall NOT being angry at any airport over the last few years. There for the grace of God go I, or even you... I suppose one way to make the process work better would be the NRA answer to all things, everyone should be well armed everywhere. Digg | Reddit | Stumble | Buzz it! | Email Article | Kick! Home



Court Leaves Alabama Vibrator Ban Intact


Sweet Home, Alabama where the judges are loons, and hypocrisy looms. Dateline Oct 1, in the year 2007. I include the year only because it is difficult to believe the SUPREME COURT here has been battling this issue for NINE long years. What could BE so important? Could it be hunger, homelessness, hate crimes, or possibly health insurance? NAY, they have been duking it out with the good people of Alabama now these many years to reach this day when they were finally able to issue a warning to an Adult store to clean their shelves of battery operated and other "Adult" devices.

Merely reading the language in the 1998 anti-obscenities law must surely make the wearers of the gowns swoon! The law bans the distribution of "any device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs for anything of pecuniary value." Whew! I hope no one needed smelling salts after wading through that rough talk! Continue reading "Court Leaves Alabama Vibrator Ban Intact"
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Supreme Court Moratorium on Lethal Injection PISSES Texas off!



"Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.” Antonin “Benito” Scalia expressing the most disgusting thing ever uttered by a Supreme Court Justice


The conservative Supreme Court in deciding to hear the Kentucky Lethal Injection case regarding cruel and unusual punishment has caused many states to stand back and wait before they execute anyone else. Our Governor Perry, our elected prosecutors and judges - whose campaigns to get elected are fixed upon how thirsty they are to kill people - are angry. Here in Dumbass we not only do more executions than most other countries, but it is this county where the vast majority of death sentences are decided. You cannot get on a jury, be a judge or a prosecutor unless you advocate capital punishment. That right there seems to be a bit prejudicial regarding the law.


A few weeks ago we killed three in one week, a banner day for Texans! Executions have become so ubiquitous here since George W. Bush giggled Carla Faye Tucker into the death chamber, one would think The Houston Chronicle would no longer cover them, after all, the same thing happening three times a week isn't news. But they do cover each one. These front page obits have fallen into a consistent formula. First comes the three names of the executed and the time of death. Then a long piece on the bloody details of the horrendous crime. Next comes the picture and story of the wonderful kind innocent victim, and finally the Christian Kick the surviving family members get out of watching someone put to death. All very Texan to be sure.


Please do not be fooled as to why the Supreme Court - made up now of five conservative followers of Jesus Christ - is going to hear this case. Jesus wants them to codify and federalize the chemical formula so Texas and the other 33 states who use capital punishment as a deterrent - which all have higher murder rates than the 16 which do not - can hurry up the process without so much legal shenanigans going on. Like any good American Christian, the more executions the better, it's what Jesus would do. More on Death Penalty from Rack Jite

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Death Penalty - The Circle Stays Unbroken



I read Moby Dick again recently, cementing my view concerning man’s most devastating foible, revenge. Most misery in the world comes from both personal and collective forms of vengeance. The worst ever experienced was WWII (70 million dead) which began with Germany seeking revenge for WWI, which in turn, began over revenge concerning an assassination and so on. We see it everyday not only in the Middle East and Africa but in the execution chambers across America. We see it these days with a President going to war because, “he tried to kill my Daddy.” One would think that if there were a God he would do something about this most debilitating form of human blood lust. Perhaps he could come on down to Earth (or at least send a representative in his name) to teach us all how awful it all is, that there is a better way. But human nature being what it is we would probably nail that touchy feel good liberal to a dead tree. Digg | Reddit | Stumble | Buzz it! | Email Article | Kick! Home



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